BUCKS FOOTBALL: Bensalem nips Truman in OT thriller

BRISTOL TWP., Pa. ó Just leave it to a pair of 2-7 teams to produce one of the best games of the high school football season.

In a Suburban One National League thriller last night, Bensalem nipped Truman by the score of 34-31 in an overtime shootout at the Henry Morgan Stadium.

There were so many big plays itís hard to know where to start, but eventually it all came down to overtime after each team scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter.

Truman went first in overtime and appeared in deep trouble when three plays resulted in the Tigers being pushed back to their own 13 yard line. Truman, which had trouble in the kicking game all evening, amazingly then got a 29-yard field goal by Tim Kenny to take a 34-31 lead.

Unfortunately, for the home team, Truman (2-8) got it trouble right when Bensalem got the ball as it was penalized for too many men on the field. With the ball now at the five, the Owls (3-7) gave the ball three straight times to Alex Archangeli, who eventually plowed in one from 1-yard out to set off a ecstatic celebration along the Bensalem sideline.

Archangeli had a huge game as the Owl sophomore also scored two touchdowns in the first half. Truman, however, was able to counter with three touchdowns from Manny Fisher, who opened the scoring on a 1 yard line and also scored in the second half on runs of 3 and 11 yards.

The biggest play for Truman was a 62-yard touchdown bolt by Bobby Hill early in the fourth quarter. In a key play, Truman was unable to get off the extra point, but came out of this in even better shape when Ty Walker scrambled and threw a two-point conversion pass to Bloh Sampon in the back of the end zone.

Also excelling was Bensalemís Qhyhle Elijah, who had touchdown runs of 12 and 2 yards in the fourth quarter. Bensalem was able to prevail despite the loss of quarterback Kevin Hopkins in the fourth quarter. Ably filling in was backup quarterback George Pegram.

Bensalem is done for the year, while Truman finishes up against Conwell-Egan on Thanksgiving.